Re: How to: Search web for specific file type?
| From: | David Robley | Date: | Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:07:49 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: How to: Search web for specific file type? | ||
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Michael Hulse wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Just curious if anyone could give me some google
> keywords/links/suggestions/tips/comments/feedback on a good place to
> start for writing a search engine script.
>
> I think I might have a good idea for a specific type of search engine.
> Basically it would crawl web and index links to a specific type of
> file... really simple. Obviously making the results searchable is a
> must.
>
> Not sure where to start though.
Don't re-invent the wheel? http://www.mnogosearch.org/ can be restricted by
filetype; I'd imagine that others such as htdig would be similarly
configurable.
Cheers
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David Robley
Shin: A device for finding furniture in the dark.